DANISH SCANDALS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 7

DANISH SCANDALS.

A PETITION FOR AN INVESTIGATION. RESENTED BY KING. ■ (By Tclcgraph-Prcss AsEooiation-Copyrleht.) Copenhagen, October 5.

A petition bearing 140,000. signatures has been presented to tho King of Denmark, asking hith to order an'investigation by' ii' State Court into the allegation! against M. Alberti, ex-Minister for Justice, who was arrested last year chargod with defalcations, said to amount to nearly .£1,000,000, as : a director of thoZtaland Peasants' Savings; Bank'. i Tho petitioners also' deprecated, the inclusion of M. Christensen, the ox-Promier, who resigned in consequence of the Alborti frauds in October last,' as Minister for Defence in the present .Minist.'y. (which was formed under, tho Premiership of M. - Ncergaard 6n M. Christensen's resignation).. The King refused to grant the petitioners an interview, anil deplored'the suspiclonß raised against M. Christensen. : ' ' .: 1

THE SCANDALS AND THE MINISTRY. It has been said that only one member of the grosont. Danish Ministry enjoys the confidence of the country, and that is the Premier himself, M. Neergdard. When the arrest nf P / 7 <) A e , Minister for Justice, V A ' bc ™' f( ! rM ' d tho Christensen Government out of office last' year, M, Ncergaard was not strong enough_to lorm a Ministry;without. the assistance of M, thri6tonsCn's following, known as the Reform party. So tho post of Minister for Agriculture was given to M. Anders Nielsen. _ it was M. Nielsen who, at a time when suspicion iUbcrti was rife,, actina on behalf of' the ■ Reform party, moved '■ tho rejection of a metion in the Danish Parliament for an investigation into Alberti's af-

(J P a^er Albert! gave himself up to the police. in view of tlicsa circumstances, the PnWn'T nW a do J ubtful assc£ in tftQ XoDinst of M. Neergaard; Now M w'. J" wou,d R PJ? ea r to /bo in tho Jmistnr. His entry tnust havo taken'place r J ? US lasfc Juno » the following of his .party Tras reduced'from 35 tb 25 rL^1 S ! . co howovor, that M. Necrfjaard would not'bo able .to pirrv lnc . Sl° P Ohri S f un ' cfi3 H m£l< l G an arrangement with M. Christcnsen, .whoso following still hold fK» balancahmong the MkeC|s The 4 alhanco nas naturally R>'